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44 - Walnut pistol case.
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Estimate €1,000 - €1,500
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Description
Walnut pistol case. Brass badge lined with green felt on the inside and marked on the case ‘MORIAN ARQUEBUSIER Bte 36, AVENUE DE L’OPERA PARIS’, with space for two boxes of cartridges and an oil flask. It contains a precision-firing pistol, calibre 38 Rifled barrel topped with an adjustable sighting system, blued, engraved with the inscription ‘G. MORIAN BTE 36, AVENUE DE L’OPERA PARIS’ and fitted with an ejector. Blued, marbled frame. Fine rifling. Trigger guard, lever, barrel and stock in checkered walnut. Marbled pommel. Barrel length: 27 cm – Overall length: 41.5 cm Case dimensions: 45 x 19.5 x 6 cm (excluding lid) Date of manufacture: circa 1880–1890. Gabriel Morian, gunsmith in Paris in 1880–1890. Participated in the Paris World’s Fair in 1889.
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About the sale Military History and Antique Weapons
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Auction time 10/28/2026 at 2:00 PM
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